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WRI is committed to producing high-quality research, including reports, working papers, issue briefs, and fact sheets. Our publications are subject to peer review, and are held to traditional "academic" standards of excellence, such as objectivity and rigor. We also ensure that all of our publications are timely, fit for audience, and rooted in a strategic plan for achieving positive change in the world.

All of our publications are available to download. You may obtain hard copies of select WRI reports at no charge (except shipping and handling) through our print publications catalog.

Creating a Sustainable Food Future, Installment Nine

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Installment 9 of Creating a Sustainable Food Future shows that any dedicated use of land for growing bioenergy inherently comes at the cost of not using that land for growing food or animal feed, or for storing carbon.

Economies in Transition After Kyoto

This report reviews the challenges and opportunities presented by the Climate Convention and the Kyoto Protocol for Central and Eastern European countries with economies in transition, and serves as a background study for the project.

Examines voluntary participation by developing countries under an approach that reintegrates the two facets of the common but differentiated principle. Discusses the use of an alternative form of emission targets -- greenhouse gas intensity targets.

WRI's Office Environment...

WRI's office design is built within a conventional leased office space and within a standard budget, but it makes some intelligent choices that use resources efficiently and deal with waste constructively....

Issues and opportunities emerging from the Kyoto Protocol

Examines why the role of forests and land-use change under the Kyoto Protocol remains controversial. Notes that climate change is a major threat to biodiversity and that protecting biological diversity may help mitigate other impacts of climate change.

by The World Resources Institute and The World Conservation Union (IUCN) - November 1998

How the community of non-governmental organizations that until recently focused on multilateral development bank reform is responding to the rise of private investment flows to developing and transition economies.

Making sustainable development tangible

Brings sustainable development down to earth for a business audience. Its framework, tools, and success stories break down abstract concepts into ideas small enough to grasp and powerful enough to lead to new business opportunities.

An action agenda

A collaborative effort by General Motors, the World Resources Institute, Monsanto, and British Petroleum addresses how the Earth&#39;s climate can be protected while expanding global economic prosperity.

by Liz Cook, British Petroleum, General Motors, Monsanto and WRI - October 1998

Resources and the regime

Uses satellite and field data to assess the impact of unsustainable logging on Burma&#39;s forests and establishes a link between logging policy, deforestation, and the political violence that has plagued the country in recent years.

Opportunity in a time of crisis

Recommends policies to promote renewed forest stewardship and sound environmental management neglected during the Mobutu dictatorship and civil war. Argues that proper husbanding of the country's forest resources can act as a stimulant to economic growth....

A Guide to the Private Financial Services Industry

Profiles eight segments of the private financial services industry, and identifies a list of potential leverage points for influencing various actors to integrate environmental considerations into decision making.

by John Ganzi, Frances Seymour, Sandy Buffett and Navroz Dubash - June 1998

Environmental lobbying in Indonesia has traditionally been done by pressuring the Indonesian state on one hand and the donor countries and global funding agencies such as the World Bank and IMF on the other hand.

What are the potential significance and feasibility of increased integration of economic objectives and environmental objectives in U.S. foreign policy, and the projection of that integration into multilateral fora?

by Richard Matthew and George Shambaugh (Georgetown University) - January 1998

This background paper addresses the question, &quot;How has financial globalization directly and indirectly changed the context for influencing the environmental character of Mexico&#39;s development?&quot;

by David Barkin, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana and Mexico City - December 1997